Thoughts on Architecture, Myths, and Management

"With his many years of experiences both as an architect and in his life, Thomas Saunders is pointing at the great social responsibility that architects and managers have in creating a healthy and secure built environment. As Saunders points out, more leadership is required. Myths, containing perennial human knowledge and wisdom, are not only a source for inspiration but their characters experience practical guiding principles for interaction between people and their environment. As Goethe said: 'Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.' Saunders takes the reader by the hand and shows both the why and the how. This book should be a compulsory part of the curriculum at schools of architecture and business administration to make students aware of the cultural and architectural values that the influence of leadership can bring to the environment, motivation, well-being and the spiritual life of people." - Rene Stevens MSc Arch/MBA, architect, management consultant and coach. Founder/CEO of ATELIER V real estate - Amersfoort, The Netherlands; "[The] book is very engaging – a real fund of ideas and knowledge expressed in [a] non-conformist way." – Professor Derek Clements-Croome, University of Reading;